Ye surely can’t be serious..
I HAD one of those freaky deja vu experiences when Mr Kardashian made a big song and dance about changing his name to Ye.
I’d mistakenly thought Kanye West couldn’t possibly be his real name, that he’d already changed it for the umpteenth time.
But I had just mixed him up with Sean Combs, another hip baptismal name for the stage if ever there was one.
Yet he likes to be called Puffy Daddy, aka P Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy. The rapper’s list of aliases is longer than his actual rap sheet, so to speak.
It now sounds like someone might have been enjoying more than their fair share of puffs with this Ye shenanigans.
I have literally lost count of the number of times it all went south for Mr West.
The singer, who once wanted to challenge Donald Trump for US President, has changed his tune more times than an Irish fiddler.
I do not know how the artist formerly known as Kanye – with apologies to Prince – was able to keep a straight face when “Ye” told the wife.
Ye sounds like it is the missing link between Ying and Yang.
But never mind the ancient Chinese philosophy, I reckon yer man Ye has taken a leaf out of the pages of a Cheech and Chong stoners movie here.
It’s easy to imagine the permanently drugged-up comedy duo doing a gag about a rich star’s halfbaked scheme to change their name to something cool, only to wake up the next morning to discover they’ve christened themselves with a stupid one instead, just like Ye.
His new legal name, meaning You in the Bible, is also the ultimate pronoun accessory when combined as Ye God!
Ye has to be taking the proverbial you-know-what, because it’s attention seeking of the highest order.
But at least his new name is pronounceable when compared to the long-winded “artist formerly known as...” reference required to address Prince when he changed his to a symbol, aka the Artist.
All joking aside, Ye probably needs more than mere Ying and Yang meditation.
We Irish say “it would never happen here in a million years” whenever somebody famous completely loses the run of themselves in La La Land.
But Sinead O’connor – a beau
Mr West has changed his tune more times than an Irish fiddler
It was just a selfish move because there’s no Ye in team
tiful vision of the Virgin Mary in The Butcher Boy film – has twice changed her name for religious reasons.
The outspoken singer became known as Shuda Davitt when she converted to Islam in 2018. She had already started calling herself Magda Davitt in 2017.
Sinead – it’s OK to still call her that because she still flogs records under her own birth name – had previously announced herself as Mother Bernadette Mary when “ordained” a priest in 1999.
In fairness, at least Shuda was only following her religious convictions, just like when Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977.
But I am very much in the “O Ye of little faith” mindset when it comes to Mr West.
It was just a selfish move because there’s no Ye in team.
We need stricter rules to prevent people from legally changing their name to Humpty Dumpty.
Otherwise, society at large will eventually end up with egg on its collective face.
It’s no “yolk-ing” matter – just ask Mrs Ye.
And don’t be surprised when she wants to keep up with the Joneses, or rather Kardashians, by changing her own name to Special K!
I’ve warned Ye.